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Excuse me, do you need help with the dishes?

I (we, my wife and I) must be doing something right. Not just an offer to help with the daily chores, but a polite one. I guess I should appreciate it while it lasts… I dare say as he gets older both the offer of assistance and the politeness will dry up.

One week shy of 3 years old, and my little one is shaping up just fine.

He helps with the dishes

He wants to cook… One of his favorite things is rolling out the roti.

He’s toilet trained, past the bribery stage, and wants to do it all himself.

He not just wants to go to bed, but virtually insists on doing it all himself… Even wants to “read” the book to himself.

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a friend of mine, who had childern WAY before I did (mine’s 10 months old, his oldest is… perhaps 7 at this point) told me one day over beers ‘i can’t wait for that fucker to grow up and start doing dishes’.

I have one boy that comes only occasionally over the summer for daycare and I got his mom’s permission to do a little warcraft play. He had no knowledge of online games especially MMO. It appeared his favorite thing to do was the emotes…/dance /fart /train …he found the human male dance hysterical.

I agree there is definately alot of education in the game with completing tasks, rewards, achievements that parallel to real life.

It is especially benefical when you play with your child in completing tasks and as a parent you get some tips on better communication skills, how to present the information to them for an understanding at whatever age group they are etc.